Salamander for Norm

[m-fine]

I mentioned using a salamander to crisp up gyro meat in another thread and Norm asked for pictures, so here they are. Don't tell my wife I didn't clean before taking these!

 

[Shagdog]

Dude! That setup is bad to the bone! Love it! I could do some serious damage in there :thumb:

 

[Smoke Dawg]

I love that setup and I had better not show it to MSD either!

Very nice!

 

[jwtseng]

Damn...I want a salamander! Too cool!

 

[gun smoke]

that's in your house??? that's awesome

 

[m-fine]

Damn...I want a salamander! Too cool!

From what I have seen in my short time hanging around here, I am willing to bet that you could do some amazing things with one!

 

[m-fine]

that's in your house??? that's awesome

I inherited a certain level of insanity. My parents have a charcoal webber kettle in their (indoor) kitchen. By comparison I think I am fairly normal. :biggrin1:

 

[THoey1963]

Holy Fark. I just want the stove...

 

[Norm]

Thank you!

They are the next best thing to a weber in your kitchen as you can come...

 

[effinUker]

I inherited a certain level of insanity. My parents have a charcoal webber kettle in their (indoor) kitchen. By comparison I think I am fairly normal. :biggrin1:

How do they vent it? I've been thinking about doing this in my 3 season room - I think I'd use a high velocity vent like you put over an island, running thru a chimney into the sky. I have those jealousy crank open windows, so I don't need to worry about make up air.

 

[m-fine]

How do they vent it? I've been thinking about doing this in my 3 season room - I think I'd use a high velocity vent like you put over an island, running thru a chimney into the sky. I have those jealousy crank open windows, so I don't need to worry about make up air.

It is built into a concrete base covered with tiles, and shares a commercial vent hood with the stove. They have a dual fan setup with exhaust and an intake fan. The intake is nice in the winter so it doesn't suck all the warm air out of the house, but most of the year they just use open windows like you plan.

 

[Free Mr. Tony]

Sweet rig. I have a 48 inch bluestar rangetop. I believe bluestar bought garland or something of the sort from my research. Garland was a commercial brand then bluestar started doing residential. I absolutely love the open burners. I don't have to clean after every cook. Just shove it through to the catch pans.

I really pushed for the bluestar salamander to go with my setup, but the wife thought it was too industrial looking.

 

[dadsr4]

You learn something new every day. I read the title and pictured this.

Be honest, some of you would try to crisp up meat with one. Kind of like a weedburner.

 

[landarc]

I wanted a salamander, how did you manage it? They told me I needed new gas lines, fire suppression and new 6 hour walls.

 

[Norm]

I can't speak for m-fine but I have a commercial stove and it is not approved for residential use. Normally I would have to do just like what you were told Bob. If my house burns down I'm sure the insurance company will tell me just that. I think Garland is a residential approved setup.

I believe each state, municipality and insurance company have different rules.

 

[m-fine]

I wanted a salamander, how did you manage it? They told me I needed new gas lines, fire suppression and new 6 hour walls.

I needed a new gas line, but it sits right above the gas meter so that was cheap. The cabinets on either side of the stove are custom built to be extra deep and have fire protection on the sides and the back wall was rebuilt to be fire safe. The clearances for the salamander were actually less than for the range so it was no big deal to add it to the mix. I did not need fire suppression at the time it was put in.

 

[m-fine]

I think Garland is a residential approved setup

Garland used to have some residential approved products but I believe those were all moved to the Blue Star line around 2002.

My install is older and met the requirements at the time, but I don't think I could do the same thing today completely by the book. The real Garland setup was a fraction of the cost of the the Wolf or Viking fake commercial stoves at the time so the extra fire precautions were well worth it since we had to rebuild the wall anyway.

Oh, I also added a beam in the basement to make sure it didn't fall through the floor.

 

[m-fine]

Sweet rig. I have a 48 inch bluestar rangetop. I believe bluestar bought garland or something of the sort from my research. Garland was a commercial brand then bluestar started doing residential. I absolutely love the open burners. I don't have to clean after every cook. Just shove it through to the catch pans.

I really pushed for the bluestar salamander to go with my setup, but the wife thought it was too industrial looking.

The cast iron top and open burners are great. My understanding is that the residential stoves Garland was making in the 90's were rebranded as Bluestar around 2002. I don't think there was a change in ownership or manufacturing, just branding and marketing. The early ones at least looked exactly like the Garlands.

 

[Learning to BBQ]

You learn something new every day. I read the title and pictured this.

Be honest, some of you would try to crisp up meat with one. Kind of like a weedburner.

That's what I was thinking too! I was like ohhh, this is gonna be good! But it still was. Brother that is one awesome looking cooking setup!

 

[LYU370]

Bummer, I was expecting a grilled salamander... :becky: